South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust records, 1976-2007, bulk 1979-2000

Collection: SC-0148
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
SOUTH END LOWER ROXBURY OPEN SPACE LAND TRUST RECORDS
1976-2007, bulk 1979-2000
Accession Number: 112-08
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust
Title: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust records
Date [inclusive]: 1976-2007, bulk 1979-2000
Extent: 2.9 linear feet
Name of Creator: These materials include records of this same body under its earlier name, South End Garden Project, Inc. (name changed in 1990).
Language: English (bulk), Chinese, and Spanish
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: South End Lower Roxbury Land Trust records
Processing Information: Processed by Corinne Zaczek Bermon in October 2016.
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research. All audio-visual formats are awaiting digitization. Researchers must agree to comply with the following restrictions on use regarding Series I. Administrative, 1976-2007, Subseries ii. South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007: Applications for participant children in the SUN program may only be identified by one initial of the child; Applications may not be photographed; Photocopies of applications may be provided by Archives staff with names redacted; Archives staff reserves the right to inspect researchers’ notes.
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
The records of the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust were donated to University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston on August 24, 2012 by Betsy Johnson.
ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESSING NOTES
Most materials arrived loosely organized into folders, binders, or envelopes. When original order existed, processor maintained existing order. Documents pertaining to the early history and transition from the South End Garden Project, Inc. to the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (SELROSLT) arrived in less discernable order. These materials were arranged University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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alphabetically, according to topic. Items such as letters, newsletters, notes, and project materials which were found loose with no discernable order were organized into topical series. Materials in binders were unbound and placed into folders with original order maintained. The original arrangement of folders and original folder titles were retained in some cases. Audiovisual materials were separated from related documents. Folder titles created by the archivist and information added to original folder titles are indicated by brackets in the folder list. Duplicates, personnel information, and medical information have been removed.
HISTORICAL NOTE
In the 1960s, as part of the Urban Renewal process, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) gained ownership of a few hundred land parcels throughout the South End and Lower Roxbury neighborhoods. While some were developed, many of the land parcels remained vacant and became unsightly. By the mid-1970s, neighborhood residents began to reclaim them by creating community gardens and small parks. To continue this trend, South End State Representative Mel King sponsored a bill in 1976, which became law, that stipulated that the fallow city and state lands could be used by residents interested in gardening.
In 1976, the South End Garden Project, Inc. was formed to bring gardeners together to make community garden sites permanent features in the South End and Lower Roxbury. The gardeners had a vision of vacant lots being used by inner-city communities for food production. In 1987, after the BRA decided to dispose of the remaining land holdings, an open space assessment was conducted to determine that the South End and Lower Roxbury needed an additional 10-13 acres of open space that should remain community controlled. The BRA then commissioned the Trust for Public Lands and Boston Urban Gardeners to assist the South End Garden Project in becoming the new Open Space Land Trust and to receive the final designation for the BRA parcels.
The South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (SELROSLT) was officially created on April 7, 1990 through a vote by the South End Garden Project to adopt the land trust’s bylaws. It is the first neighborhood-based open space land trust in Boston and represents the success of the South End Garden Project’s primary goal: protecting open space from development. In July 1991, the SELROSLT became the owner of the initial eight parcels of land in the South End and Lower Roxbury (six community gardens and two pocket gardens).
Since its inception, the SELROSLT has raised funds from private and public sources to provide cleaner, safer, and more beautiful gardens for the community. Money was raised to provide water systems, de-contaminations of soil, and bring in high quality top soils. Concrete curbing and steel picket fences were constructed around the gardens as well as the erection of gazebos and seating areas for the use by the general public.
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The member gardens of SELROSLT also created programs that involve their immediate neighbors in the activities and resources of the gardens. Several gardens grow produce to distribute to local shelters and soup kitchens around the city. Other gardens have assigned plots to specific organizations such as day cares, transitional housing co-ops, and hospice workers to allow these organizations to increase their resources and enrich the lives of their clients.
Since 1990, SELROSLT has acquired eight more community gardens and pocket parks, bringing the total to the following sixteen under their control, which are still gardened by local residents.
• Berkeley Street Community Garden
• Bessie Barnes Memorial Park
• Bessie Barnes Memorial Garden
• Dartmouth Pocket Park
• Frederick Douglas Intergenerational Garden
• Harrison Urban Garden
• Lenox-Kendall Community Garden
• Northampton Community Garden
• Rutland-Washington Community Garden (Gazebo Garden)
• Rutland's Haven Community Garden
• Rutland Green Pocket Park
• Wellington Common Community Garden
• Wellington Green
• Warren-Clarendon Community Garden
• Worcester Street Garden
• West Springfield Community Garden
In July 2012, after a year of joint planning, SELROSLT voted to merge into Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) and moved from an all-volunteer organization to an organization that provided full-time staff and greater resources. The deeds for all SELROSLT community spaces were all transferred to BNAN, ensuring the protection of community gardens and open spaces in perpetuity.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
SC-0148 SELROSLT records. Box 1, Folder 19: South End Garden Project Histories, 1977-1997
SC-0148 SELROSLT records. Box, Folder 29: Boston Redevelopment Authority final designation, 1989
The Trustees. “A New Leaf” http://www.thetrustees.org/what-we-care-about/community/a-new-leaf.html University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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RELATED MATERIALS
The following source provides additional information on the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust:
SC-0043 Boston Urban Gardeners records, 1891-2004, bulk 1976-1989
SCOPE AND CONTENT
These records document the activities of the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (1990-2007) and the South End Garden Project (1976-1990). Materials consist of files kept by regular staff and include by-laws, minutes, reports, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, clippings, video on CDs, and photographs. Series III, Audio Visual materials are arranged chronologically and contain photographs, audio and video recordings on CD, and posters on CD.
SERIES OUTLINE
This collection is arranged in four series, of which Series I has been further arranged into two subseries. The series and subseries arrangement of the records are as follows:
Series I. Administrative Records, 1976-2007
Subseries i. South End Garden Project, 1976-1991
Subseries ii. South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1990-2007
Series II. Publications, 1976-2007
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004
Series IV: Oversized Materials, 2002-2005
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series I. Administration, 1976-2007
Subseries i: South End Garden Project, 1976-1991 contains correspondence, administrative records, organizational histories, by-laws, articles of organization, membership information, and project records for the South End Garden Project, Inc. While the majority of the meetings appear to be documented for the Board of Directors, individual committee meetings have gaps in the records. This series has been arrange alphabetically by topic, then chronologically.
Subseries ii: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007 contains by-laws, correspondence, committee notes, projects, events, land transfers, administrative records, and membership information. Some materials document the organization’s ideology and some records relate to political ideology, such as the impact of poverty on neighborhoods. While the majority of the meetings appear to be documented for the Board of Directors, individual committee meetings, events, and project records have gaps. This series has been arrange alphabetically by topic, then chronologically. University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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Series II. Publications, 1976-2007 contains clippings in the Boston Globe, the South End News, and other newspapers regarding both the South End Garden Project and SELROSLT. This series also contains newsletters produced and distributed by South End Garden Project, SELROSLT, and Boston Urban Gardeners. This series has been arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004 contains CDs with photos, Green Alliance posters, and Faces of Greenspace audio and video interviews. Photographs from the garden sites and programs are printed on both copy paper and photo paper. This series is arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series IV. Oversized Materials, 2002-2005 contains architectural plans and elevations for the Berkeley Street Community Garden and the South End Lower Roxbury.
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1:
Series I. Administration, 1976-2007
Subseries i: South End Garden Project, 1976-1991
1. Articles of organization, 1977
2. By-laws: South End Garden Project, 1975-1987
3. Correspondence: South End Garden Project, 1977-1995
4. Fundraising, 1979-1985
5. Meetings: SEGP Board of Directors Annual Meetings, 1981-1990
6. Meetings: SEGP Board of Directors, 1979-1990
7. Meetings: SEGP general meetings, 1981-1987
8. Membership, 1986-2000
9. Membership: awards, 1982
10. Membership: plots, 1986
11. Membership: rules, undated
12. Projects: Gazebo Project [English and Chinese], 1988
13. Projects: Poverty Impact Program, 1988
14. Projects: SEGP urban garden questionnaire, 1989
15. Projects: Spring Bulb Giveaway, 1986
16. Proposals: City of Boston Community Development Block Grant, 1977-1980
17. Proposals: Spring Plant Giveaway, 1987
18. South End Garden Project corporate revival, 1980-1990
19. South End Garden Project histories [English and Spanish], 1977-1997
20. South End Garden Project, 1978-1979
21. South End Garden Project lease, undated
22. South End Garden Project postcards, 1986-1988 University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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23. South End Garden Project treasurer's report, 1985-1986
Subseries ii: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007
24. By-laws: SELROSLT research and progression, 1990
25. By-laws: SELROSLT proxy votes, 1990
26. Boston Redevelopment Authority license agreement, 1989
27. Boston Redevelopment Authority final designation, 1989
28. Boston Redevelopment Authority tentative designation, 1989
29. Citywide issues, 1990
30. Community and board redevelopment, 2000
31. Committees: development, 1998
32. Committees: garden coordinators, 1997
33. Committees: garden leaders, 2005
34. Committees: dues and fees, 1990
35. Committees: fundraising, 1991
36. Committees: maintenance, 1992
37. Community garden renovations: Cabot, 2000
38. Community garden renovations: Lenox-Kendall, 1995
39. Community garden renovations: Northampton/W. Springfield, 1992-1993
40. Community garden renovations: Shawmut/Rutland Gardens, 1991-1995
41. Correspondence: coordinators, 1997
42. Correspondence: SELROSLT, 1989
43. Correspondence: SELROSLT, 1994
44. Events, 1992-1994, undated
45. Events: Coordinators Dinner [English and Spanish], 1996-2001
46. Events: Music in the Gardens, 2004
47. Events: Winter Pot Luck dinner, 1994-2000
48. Financial statements, 2001
49. Fundraising, 1990
50. Gardener orientation, 1999
51. Insurance claim, 1993
52. Land transfers, 1990-1997
53. Land Transfer Celebration, 1991 June 20
54. Land Transfer Celebration, 1993 June 12
55. Land transfer parcel RC-6, 1998
56. Leadership organizing, 1990-1999
57. Membership, 1989-1991
58. Membership, 1997
59. Membership brochures, 2003, undated
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Box 2:
60. Meeting flyers, 1997
61. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual meetings, 1991-1999
62. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual meetings, 2000-2007
63. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual retreat, 1992-1999
64. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1988-1990
65. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1991
66. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1992-1993
67. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1994-1996
68. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1997-2000
69. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 2001-2003
70. Other organizations, 1977-1986
71. Programs: Boston Foundation Poverty Impact, 1988
72. Programs: Environmental Education Project, 1988
73. Programs: Park Partners, 1993
74. Programs: Sustaining Urban Nature (SUN), 2000-2001
75. Projects: City Gardener Certificate program recipe book, 1997-1998
76. Projects: Fencing, 1991
77. Projects: Gardens for Charlestown, 1994
78. Projects: The Growing Fence [English and Chinese], 2005
79. Projects: Landmarks, 1992-1993
80. Projects: Parking Petition, 1997
81. Projects: SELROSLT values project, 2002-2003
82. Projects: South End D4 Police Station, 1997
83. Projects: Task Force on Water, 1991-1993
84. Projects: Urban Food Policy, 1993
85. Proposals: Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1986
86. Proposals: Greening of Boston, 1987
87. Proposals: Prudential Project Grant Application, 1991-1992
88. Proposals: South End Garden Project, 1986
89. Proposals: South End/Lower Roxbury Development Policy Plan (1 of 2), 1990
90. Proposals: South End/Lower Roxbury Development Policy Plan (2 of 2), 1990
91. Proposals: South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative, 1987
92. Proposals: South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative Community Comments, 1987
93. Proposals: South End Open Space Needs Assessment, 1988
94. SELROSLT Board of Directors training packet, 1990
95. SELROSLT general facts and information, 1990-1991
Box 3:
96. SELROSLT assessment report, 2000
97. SELROSLT organizational assessment and development, 2002 University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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98. Strategic plans, 1993-2004
99. Suffolk County Garden Guideline Meeting, 1989 March 29
100. Suffolk County Cooperative Extension Service, 1979-1984
Series II. Publications, 1976-2007
1. Clippings, 1976-1986
2. Clippings, 1986-2005
3. Newsletters: Boston Urban Gardeners, 1989-1994
4. Newsletters: Land Trust News, 1998-2007
5. Newsletters: The Wheelbarrow, 1991-1997
6. Newsletters: What's in the Wheelbarrow, 1987-1990
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004
1. Media (photos, posters, video), 2004
2. Photographs: Cabot Street, 1999
3. Photographs: Rutland/Washington Street Site, 1988
4. Photographs: South End Garden Project, 1982-1986
5. Photographs: Sustaining Urban Nature (SUN) program, 2000
Series IV. Oversized Materials, 2002-2005
1. Three Berkeley Street Garden plans, South End Lower Roxbury illustrative site plan, 2002-2005

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Collection: SC-0148
University Archives and Special Collections
Joseph P. Healey Library
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, Massachusetts 02125
library.archives@umb.edu
SOUTH END LOWER ROXBURY OPEN SPACE LAND TRUST RECORDS
1976-2007, bulk 1979-2000
Accession Number: 112-08
Repository: University of Massachusetts Boston. University Archives and Special Collections
Creator: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust
Title: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust records
Date [inclusive]: 1976-2007, bulk 1979-2000
Extent: 2.9 linear feet
Name of Creator: These materials include records of this same body under its earlier name, South End Garden Project, Inc. (name changed in 1990).
Language: English (bulk), Chinese, and Spanish
Citation: Courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston: South End Lower Roxbury Land Trust records
Processing Information: Processed by Corinne Zaczek Bermon in October 2016.
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open for research. All audio-visual formats are awaiting digitization. Researchers must agree to comply with the following restrictions on use regarding Series I. Administrative, 1976-2007, Subseries ii. South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007: Applications for participant children in the SUN program may only be identified by one initial of the child; Applications may not be photographed; Photocopies of applications may be provided by Archives staff with names redacted; Archives staff reserves the right to inspect researchers’ notes.
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
The records of the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust were donated to University Archives and Special Collections in the Joseph P. Healey Library at the University of Massachusetts Boston on August 24, 2012 by Betsy Johnson.
ARRANGEMENT AND PROCESSING NOTES
Most materials arrived loosely organized into folders, binders, or envelopes. When original order existed, processor maintained existing order. Documents pertaining to the early history and transition from the South End Garden Project, Inc. to the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (SELROSLT) arrived in less discernable order. These materials were arranged University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: SC-0148
SELROSLT
2 | Contact: library.archives@umb.edu
alphabetically, according to topic. Items such as letters, newsletters, notes, and project materials which were found loose with no discernable order were organized into topical series. Materials in binders were unbound and placed into folders with original order maintained. The original arrangement of folders and original folder titles were retained in some cases. Audiovisual materials were separated from related documents. Folder titles created by the archivist and information added to original folder titles are indicated by brackets in the folder list. Duplicates, personnel information, and medical information have been removed.
HISTORICAL NOTE
In the 1960s, as part of the Urban Renewal process, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) gained ownership of a few hundred land parcels throughout the South End and Lower Roxbury neighborhoods. While some were developed, many of the land parcels remained vacant and became unsightly. By the mid-1970s, neighborhood residents began to reclaim them by creating community gardens and small parks. To continue this trend, South End State Representative Mel King sponsored a bill in 1976, which became law, that stipulated that the fallow city and state lands could be used by residents interested in gardening.
In 1976, the South End Garden Project, Inc. was formed to bring gardeners together to make community garden sites permanent features in the South End and Lower Roxbury. The gardeners had a vision of vacant lots being used by inner-city communities for food production. In 1987, after the BRA decided to dispose of the remaining land holdings, an open space assessment was conducted to determine that the South End and Lower Roxbury needed an additional 10-13 acres of open space that should remain community controlled. The BRA then commissioned the Trust for Public Lands and Boston Urban Gardeners to assist the South End Garden Project in becoming the new Open Space Land Trust and to receive the final designation for the BRA parcels.
The South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (SELROSLT) was officially created on April 7, 1990 through a vote by the South End Garden Project to adopt the land trust’s bylaws. It is the first neighborhood-based open space land trust in Boston and represents the success of the South End Garden Project’s primary goal: protecting open space from development. In July 1991, the SELROSLT became the owner of the initial eight parcels of land in the South End and Lower Roxbury (six community gardens and two pocket gardens).
Since its inception, the SELROSLT has raised funds from private and public sources to provide cleaner, safer, and more beautiful gardens for the community. Money was raised to provide water systems, de-contaminations of soil, and bring in high quality top soils. Concrete curbing and steel picket fences were constructed around the gardens as well as the erection of gazebos and seating areas for the use by the general public.
University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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SELROSLT
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The member gardens of SELROSLT also created programs that involve their immediate neighbors in the activities and resources of the gardens. Several gardens grow produce to distribute to local shelters and soup kitchens around the city. Other gardens have assigned plots to specific organizations such as day cares, transitional housing co-ops, and hospice workers to allow these organizations to increase their resources and enrich the lives of their clients.
Since 1990, SELROSLT has acquired eight more community gardens and pocket parks, bringing the total to the following sixteen under their control, which are still gardened by local residents.
• Berkeley Street Community Garden
• Bessie Barnes Memorial Park
• Bessie Barnes Memorial Garden
• Dartmouth Pocket Park
• Frederick Douglas Intergenerational Garden
• Harrison Urban Garden
• Lenox-Kendall Community Garden
• Northampton Community Garden
• Rutland-Washington Community Garden (Gazebo Garden)
• Rutland's Haven Community Garden
• Rutland Green Pocket Park
• Wellington Common Community Garden
• Wellington Green
• Warren-Clarendon Community Garden
• Worcester Street Garden
• West Springfield Community Garden
In July 2012, after a year of joint planning, SELROSLT voted to merge into Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) and moved from an all-volunteer organization to an organization that provided full-time staff and greater resources. The deeds for all SELROSLT community spaces were all transferred to BNAN, ensuring the protection of community gardens and open spaces in perpetuity.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
SC-0148 SELROSLT records. Box 1, Folder 19: South End Garden Project Histories, 1977-1997
SC-0148 SELROSLT records. Box, Folder 29: Boston Redevelopment Authority final designation, 1989
The Trustees. “A New Leaf” http://www.thetrustees.org/what-we-care-about/community/a-new-leaf.html University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: SC-0148
SELROSLT
4 | Contact: library.archives@umb.edu
RELATED MATERIALS
The following source provides additional information on the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust:
SC-0043 Boston Urban Gardeners records, 1891-2004, bulk 1976-1989
SCOPE AND CONTENT
These records document the activities of the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust (1990-2007) and the South End Garden Project (1976-1990). Materials consist of files kept by regular staff and include by-laws, minutes, reports, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, clippings, video on CDs, and photographs. Series III, Audio Visual materials are arranged chronologically and contain photographs, audio and video recordings on CD, and posters on CD.
SERIES OUTLINE
This collection is arranged in four series, of which Series I has been further arranged into two subseries. The series and subseries arrangement of the records are as follows:
Series I. Administrative Records, 1976-2007
Subseries i. South End Garden Project, 1976-1991
Subseries ii. South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1990-2007
Series II. Publications, 1976-2007
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004
Series IV: Oversized Materials, 2002-2005
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series I. Administration, 1976-2007
Subseries i: South End Garden Project, 1976-1991 contains correspondence, administrative records, organizational histories, by-laws, articles of organization, membership information, and project records for the South End Garden Project, Inc. While the majority of the meetings appear to be documented for the Board of Directors, individual committee meetings have gaps in the records. This series has been arrange alphabetically by topic, then chronologically.
Subseries ii: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007 contains by-laws, correspondence, committee notes, projects, events, land transfers, administrative records, and membership information. Some materials document the organization’s ideology and some records relate to political ideology, such as the impact of poverty on neighborhoods. While the majority of the meetings appear to be documented for the Board of Directors, individual committee meetings, events, and project records have gaps. This series has been arrange alphabetically by topic, then chronologically. University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: SC-0148
SELROSLT
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Series II. Publications, 1976-2007 contains clippings in the Boston Globe, the South End News, and other newspapers regarding both the South End Garden Project and SELROSLT. This series also contains newsletters produced and distributed by South End Garden Project, SELROSLT, and Boston Urban Gardeners. This series has been arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004 contains CDs with photos, Green Alliance posters, and Faces of Greenspace audio and video interviews. Photographs from the garden sites and programs are printed on both copy paper and photo paper. This series is arranged alphabetically by title, then chronologically.
Series IV. Oversized Materials, 2002-2005 contains architectural plans and elevations for the Berkeley Street Community Garden and the South End Lower Roxbury.
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1:
Series I. Administration, 1976-2007
Subseries i: South End Garden Project, 1976-1991
1. Articles of organization, 1977
2. By-laws: South End Garden Project, 1975-1987
3. Correspondence: South End Garden Project, 1977-1995
4. Fundraising, 1979-1985
5. Meetings: SEGP Board of Directors Annual Meetings, 1981-1990
6. Meetings: SEGP Board of Directors, 1979-1990
7. Meetings: SEGP general meetings, 1981-1987
8. Membership, 1986-2000
9. Membership: awards, 1982
10. Membership: plots, 1986
11. Membership: rules, undated
12. Projects: Gazebo Project [English and Chinese], 1988
13. Projects: Poverty Impact Program, 1988
14. Projects: SEGP urban garden questionnaire, 1989
15. Projects: Spring Bulb Giveaway, 1986
16. Proposals: City of Boston Community Development Block Grant, 1977-1980
17. Proposals: Spring Plant Giveaway, 1987
18. South End Garden Project corporate revival, 1980-1990
19. South End Garden Project histories [English and Spanish], 1977-1997
20. South End Garden Project, 1978-1979
21. South End Garden Project lease, undated
22. South End Garden Project postcards, 1986-1988 University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
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23. South End Garden Project treasurer's report, 1985-1986
Subseries ii: South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, 1989-2007
24. By-laws: SELROSLT research and progression, 1990
25. By-laws: SELROSLT proxy votes, 1990
26. Boston Redevelopment Authority license agreement, 1989
27. Boston Redevelopment Authority final designation, 1989
28. Boston Redevelopment Authority tentative designation, 1989
29. Citywide issues, 1990
30. Community and board redevelopment, 2000
31. Committees: development, 1998
32. Committees: garden coordinators, 1997
33. Committees: garden leaders, 2005
34. Committees: dues and fees, 1990
35. Committees: fundraising, 1991
36. Committees: maintenance, 1992
37. Community garden renovations: Cabot, 2000
38. Community garden renovations: Lenox-Kendall, 1995
39. Community garden renovations: Northampton/W. Springfield, 1992-1993
40. Community garden renovations: Shawmut/Rutland Gardens, 1991-1995
41. Correspondence: coordinators, 1997
42. Correspondence: SELROSLT, 1989
43. Correspondence: SELROSLT, 1994
44. Events, 1992-1994, undated
45. Events: Coordinators Dinner [English and Spanish], 1996-2001
46. Events: Music in the Gardens, 2004
47. Events: Winter Pot Luck dinner, 1994-2000
48. Financial statements, 2001
49. Fundraising, 1990
50. Gardener orientation, 1999
51. Insurance claim, 1993
52. Land transfers, 1990-1997
53. Land Transfer Celebration, 1991 June 20
54. Land Transfer Celebration, 1993 June 12
55. Land transfer parcel RC-6, 1998
56. Leadership organizing, 1990-1999
57. Membership, 1989-1991
58. Membership, 1997
59. Membership brochures, 2003, undated
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Box 2:
60. Meeting flyers, 1997
61. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual meetings, 1991-1999
62. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual meetings, 2000-2007
63. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors annual retreat, 1992-1999
64. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1988-1990
65. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1991
66. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1992-1993
67. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1994-1996
68. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 1997-2000
69. Meetings: SELROSLT Board of Directors, 2001-2003
70. Other organizations, 1977-1986
71. Programs: Boston Foundation Poverty Impact, 1988
72. Programs: Environmental Education Project, 1988
73. Programs: Park Partners, 1993
74. Programs: Sustaining Urban Nature (SUN), 2000-2001
75. Projects: City Gardener Certificate program recipe book, 1997-1998
76. Projects: Fencing, 1991
77. Projects: Gardens for Charlestown, 1994
78. Projects: The Growing Fence [English and Chinese], 2005
79. Projects: Landmarks, 1992-1993
80. Projects: Parking Petition, 1997
81. Projects: SELROSLT values project, 2002-2003
82. Projects: South End D4 Police Station, 1997
83. Projects: Task Force on Water, 1991-1993
84. Projects: Urban Food Policy, 1993
85. Proposals: Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1986
86. Proposals: Greening of Boston, 1987
87. Proposals: Prudential Project Grant Application, 1991-1992
88. Proposals: South End Garden Project, 1986
89. Proposals: South End/Lower Roxbury Development Policy Plan (1 of 2), 1990
90. Proposals: South End/Lower Roxbury Development Policy Plan (2 of 2), 1990
91. Proposals: South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative, 1987
92. Proposals: South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative Community Comments, 1987
93. Proposals: South End Open Space Needs Assessment, 1988
94. SELROSLT Board of Directors training packet, 1990
95. SELROSLT general facts and information, 1990-1991
Box 3:
96. SELROSLT assessment report, 2000
97. SELROSLT organizational assessment and development, 2002 University of Massachusetts, Boston University Archives and Special Collections Finding Aid
Collection: SC-0148
SELROSLT
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98. Strategic plans, 1993-2004
99. Suffolk County Garden Guideline Meeting, 1989 March 29
100. Suffolk County Cooperative Extension Service, 1979-1984
Series II. Publications, 1976-2007
1. Clippings, 1976-1986
2. Clippings, 1986-2005
3. Newsletters: Boston Urban Gardeners, 1989-1994
4. Newsletters: Land Trust News, 1998-2007
5. Newsletters: The Wheelbarrow, 1991-1997
6. Newsletters: What's in the Wheelbarrow, 1987-1990
Series III. Audiovisual Materials, 1982-2004
1. Media (photos, posters, video), 2004
2. Photographs: Cabot Street, 1999
3. Photographs: Rutland/Washington Street Site, 1988
4. Photographs: South End Garden Project, 1982-1986
5. Photographs: Sustaining Urban Nature (SUN) program, 2000
Series IV. Oversized Materials, 2002-2005
1. Three Berkeley Street Garden plans, South End Lower Roxbury illustrative site plan, 2002-2005